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Motor car race
The
19th International Gold Cup
was a non-championship
Formula One
race, which was held on the
Oulton Park
circuit, located near
Tarporley
,
Cheshire
,
England
on 29 May 1972.
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Entry
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The race had been brought forward to the Bank Holiday weekend in the hope of attracting more entries. However, a competing
Formula Two
race at
Crystal Palace
took away some potential entrants. As a result, ten of the cars that had competed in the European
Formula 5000
round earlier in the day joined the eight
Formula One
cars on the grid.
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Although the race regularly attracted the top teams from across Britain and Europe, the increasing costs of F1 and more countries wishing to have their own Grand Prix, the Gold Cup fell by wayside with this being the last true F1 race.
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Qualifying
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Peter Gethin
took
pole position
for the
Marlboro BRM
, in their
BRM P160
B, averaging a speed of 117.433 mph.
Denny Hulme
in a
McLaren M19A
was second fastest, just 0.2 of a second behind. The fastest of the F5000 cars was
Alan Rollinson
in fifth, in his Alan McKechnie Racing
Lola-Chevrolet T300
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Race
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The race was held over 40 laps of the
Oulton Park
circuit.
Denny Hulme
took the winner spoils for
Yardley Team McLaren
, driving their
McLaren-Cosworth M19A
. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 24.400mins., averaging a speed of 115.408 mph. The second car home was that of
Emerson Fittipaldi
, for the
John Player Team Lotus
in their
Cosworth
powered
Lotus 72
D. The podium was completed by
Tim Schenken
, in a
Surtees
-
Cosworth
TS9B for Team Surtees outfit albeit one lap adrift. The first F5000 car home was that of
Brian Redman
in a Sid Taylor Racing entered,
Chevron-Chevrolet B24
in fourth.
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